2023 Most Well Attended Biotech Major in Wisconsin

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Biotech Major in Wisconsin” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 3,911 people earned their degree in biotechnology, making the major the 174th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, biotechnology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $52,907 and had an average of $20,555 in loans still to pay off.

Across Wisconsin, there were 31 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Biotech Major in Wisconsin” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in biotechnology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular biotechnology programs in the United States.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Well Attended Biotech Major in Wisconsin

The colleges and universities below are the best for wisconsin biotech students.

Top 2 Most Popular Colleges for Biotechnology in Wisconsin

1

University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, Wisconsin

#1 overall quality in Wisconsin

$50,802 Average Early-Career Earnings

$22,543 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Biotech Major in Wisconsin list. Madison, Wisconsin is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s biotech degrees to 26 students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full University of Wisconsin - Madison Biotechnology Report

2

University of Wisconsin - River Falls
River Falls, Wisconsin

#5 overall quality in Wisconsin

$42,815 Average Early-Career Earnings

$24,449 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - River Falls. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Biotech Major in Wisconsin. River Falls, Wisconsin is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s biotech degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Biotechnology at UW - River Falls

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Henk Caspers/Naturalis Biodiversity Center.